ORIGINAL: Rube Goldberg
Oh, BTW----if I were you and haven't yet assembled the tail, you might want to fabricate a piece of stiff wire to join the elevator halves before you hinge it to the stabilizer. Otherwise the side that has the horn is going to deflect further than the side that doesn't due to the torsional twist in the wood joiner. I poked a couple holes with a T pin where the wood joiner is and soaked it with thin CA in an attempt to stiffen the joiner as it is, don't think I gained much by doing that.
Thanks!
Yes is a problem with MANY planes.
I can't picture exactly on what you mean about the wire.
Where does it go? Between the two halves but futher to the back to provide more torsional stability?
Or Epoxied into the wood joiner itself.
Even on the larger models, elevators with a joiner wire and only one horn have the same problem.
I'm looking for an easy fix.
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I'm wondering if I need to stiffen the tail as I usually do with CF support struts (laid out like rigging).
I do this on my planes which are .46 or larger. I haven't done it on my one .30 plane, though I guess I should.